Post by mcdiis on Oct 1, 2022 6:02:02 GMT
It's about time I mention anything Nudnik related on here considering I like the show so much and have been researching it for maybe 2 years now.
For those unaware, Nudnik is a Czech cartoon series produced between 1964-1967 by Gene Deitch at Rembrandt films, and despite it's obscurity alot from the show has been archived pretty well production wise. As for the show, the episodes were put onto DVD in 2013 and uploaded to YouTube in 2018, so it's certainly not as lost as it used to be, however there's still some things related to the show hiding in the shadows that don't get much attention.
Alongside being broadcast in foreign countries, Nudnik got its own segment on Toonheads back in 1996, literally aired right before the much more infamous "A night of Independent Animation". Despite being aired sometime before that segment, according to the wiki it remains lost, and understandably so since I've heard Toonheads content from the 90s is quite rare.
Something else Nudnik related I can imagine logo buffs being into looking for are reels for the show made for theater viewings, as they have the original 1960's paramount logo and titlecards in the beginning, whereas the ones put on DVD and YouTube do not.
Two have been found by PacMania67, "Home Sweet Nudnik" and "Who Needs Nudnik??". and the version of "Good Neighbor Nudnik" with the original titlecard was uploaded by Jerry Beck back in 2017.
On the 2018 uploads of the episodes on the Nudnik channel, you'll notice the later episodes have these computer generated titlecards rather than the original. The original titlecards can be seen on IAD, but unlike the article for "Good Neighbor Nudnik", there's no link for the episodes those title cards are from. Makes me wonder where those screencaps could have been taken from.
The screencaps in question:
s3.amazonaws.com/intanibase/iad_screenshots/1967/4776/2thumb.jpg
s3.amazonaws.com/intanibase/iad_screenshots/1967/4779/2thumb.jpg
s3.amazonaws.com/intanibase/iad_screenshots/1967/4780/3thumb.jpg
(Also kind of odd how they manage to have those screenshots, yet list the 3 fake episodes that have been floating around with no proof they exist)
As for the TV syndication, in 1995 the Nudnik series did have a show produced titled "The Nudnik Show" which was distributed by Sunbow, though it's unknown to me what channels it might have aired on, and I think back in the 70s it was somehow aired on foreign television based on forums I've seen and the different foreign DVD releases I've seen for the show, with the foreign DVD releases include being in Finland, Sweden and Turkey. Possibly japan too, because one episode was uploaded to NicoVideo and it looks like a VHS recording.
Finally, related to home media, there was a VHS release of 'Rembrandt Film's Greatest Hits' that could have been purchased on their website at one point, but there's currently no full upload of that anywhere, and I've read it's apparently a very rare tape, hence why there's no uploads of it anywhere in full.
I know it's alot, but it'd be so cool to see these turn up one day, I'm always looking around for this stuff too so I'll be sure to update if I ever find anything related to this.
For those unaware, Nudnik is a Czech cartoon series produced between 1964-1967 by Gene Deitch at Rembrandt films, and despite it's obscurity alot from the show has been archived pretty well production wise. As for the show, the episodes were put onto DVD in 2013 and uploaded to YouTube in 2018, so it's certainly not as lost as it used to be, however there's still some things related to the show hiding in the shadows that don't get much attention.
Alongside being broadcast in foreign countries, Nudnik got its own segment on Toonheads back in 1996, literally aired right before the much more infamous "A night of Independent Animation". Despite being aired sometime before that segment, according to the wiki it remains lost, and understandably so since I've heard Toonheads content from the 90s is quite rare.
Something else Nudnik related I can imagine logo buffs being into looking for are reels for the show made for theater viewings, as they have the original 1960's paramount logo and titlecards in the beginning, whereas the ones put on DVD and YouTube do not.
Two have been found by PacMania67, "Home Sweet Nudnik" and "Who Needs Nudnik??". and the version of "Good Neighbor Nudnik" with the original titlecard was uploaded by Jerry Beck back in 2017.
On the 2018 uploads of the episodes on the Nudnik channel, you'll notice the later episodes have these computer generated titlecards rather than the original. The original titlecards can be seen on IAD, but unlike the article for "Good Neighbor Nudnik", there's no link for the episodes those title cards are from. Makes me wonder where those screencaps could have been taken from.
The screencaps in question:
s3.amazonaws.com/intanibase/iad_screenshots/1967/4776/2thumb.jpg
s3.amazonaws.com/intanibase/iad_screenshots/1967/4779/2thumb.jpg
s3.amazonaws.com/intanibase/iad_screenshots/1967/4780/3thumb.jpg
(Also kind of odd how they manage to have those screenshots, yet list the 3 fake episodes that have been floating around with no proof they exist)
As for the TV syndication, in 1995 the Nudnik series did have a show produced titled "The Nudnik Show" which was distributed by Sunbow, though it's unknown to me what channels it might have aired on, and I think back in the 70s it was somehow aired on foreign television based on forums I've seen and the different foreign DVD releases I've seen for the show, with the foreign DVD releases include being in Finland, Sweden and Turkey. Possibly japan too, because one episode was uploaded to NicoVideo and it looks like a VHS recording.
Finally, related to home media, there was a VHS release of 'Rembrandt Film's Greatest Hits' that could have been purchased on their website at one point, but there's currently no full upload of that anywhere, and I've read it's apparently a very rare tape, hence why there's no uploads of it anywhere in full.
I know it's alot, but it'd be so cool to see these turn up one day, I'm always looking around for this stuff too so I'll be sure to update if I ever find anything related to this.
